He shot himself just weeks before, but grieving Mindy McCready swore her dead boyfriend David Wilson came back to visit her from the afterlife, and RadarOnline.com has exclusive audio of her making the shocking claim.

Just days before she too committed suicide last Sunday, the country singer told her close friend Danno Hanks the 34-year-old music producer’s spirit had come back to their Arkansas home.

“You know I haven’t told anyone this,” she said. “Not one person, but he was here. He was in my room last night.

“[The dogs] started whimpering and whining and barking and the lights were up a little bit and they were looking at a certain direction and Kissy – which is David’s dog, make no mistake he’s David’s dog – he was here.

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